Feeding means for explosion-motors.



W. R. MAOGUYEE.

FEEDING MEANKQ FOR. EXPLOSION MOTORS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29. 1907.

Pa tented. Jun 21, 1910.

J IHU Iii a WITNESSES ATTORNEY.

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J E. T'IIAGGUYER, F WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT. ASSIGNQR- TO THE NEW IvIANUFACTURING COMPANY, GE BRISTOL. CONNECTICUT, A. CORPORA- FEE'DIHG- MEANS FOR EXPLOSl'ON-MOTORS Specification of Application filed July 29,

ll tel-tom it may concern.-

c it known that l, Vloonroun R. MAC- KER, a citizen of the United States, residii' lfliterhury, county of New Haven,

'1 Connecticut, have invented a cerand useful Feeding Means for Exthe object of the invention is to protor insuring a proper volume of into the cylinder or cylinders \oloded.

. e invention is to profuel will be fed into soon as the inlet valve it is to be exploded,

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s whereby 1 r cg, inner icct of the invention is to promaintaining a constant circutueii in the supply conduit from 1 is permitted to enter the i and advantages well as details of construction this ini i will he specifica ly described hereinlrrstood that changes in i ii and minor details of conrescrh I to without downtinvention or sac- -nrsitages thereof.-

1 is a view partly section of a n'iotor my invention; and Fig. is a partly n elevation and partly in secr so which my invention is apion i appl 'nhle to a motor eniy number ol cylinders, but I have as being applied to a four cylinder tor, the cylinders'bein designated ii, 7 and 8 respectively. %t

is to be 'underthese cylinders are to be equipped of the nece sary appurtenances com- "tound in motors of this type includtors, of which the following is a Letters P n Patented June 21, tim d.

1907. Serial No. 325.992

ing sparking plugs, a source of electrical generation therefor, exhausts and mufflers, etc., but as these are all old and Well known I. have deemed it unnecessary to specifically describe or illustrate them. The source of fuel supply for the motor may conveniently consist of a carburetor 9 from which the fuel may be conveyed to the motor cylinders through a looped conduit .10 including a branch 11 having a plurality of outlet ports 5, 6 7 and 8 respectively leading into the cylinders 5, (5, 7 and 8. The branches l2 and 13 lead from the carhureter 9 and diverge toward the respective ends of the branch ll and are connected thereto by relatively broad bends l4; and 15, so as to feed fuel from the source of supply into the respective ends of said branch 11 whence it may be conveyed. to the respective cylinders,

'lhe ports 5 to 8 respectively are of slightly less diameter than the diameter of the branch 11 so that the interior area of;

able to exhaust the entire volume contained in said branch 11, hencethere will be, at all times, sufficient fuel in the branch 11 to feed more than one cylinder. The ports 5 to 8 are also relatively short so that the branch 11 may be close to the respective cylinders thereby permitting the fuel to he fed, practically, directly from the branch 11 into the respective cylinders. Each oort leading! from the branch 11 into the cylinder provided with an inwardly opening check val e C so that on the suction stroke of the ton, the valve C will be unseated to permit fuel to enter the cylinder, but during the Q()ll}i)!6SSlUIl stroke, tie valve Will be seated. .lt is to be understood, of course, that these valves may be operated mechanically if desired utilizing the construction of Iced conduit having the generic principles involved in the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the suction stroke of each cylinder will cause a circulation of gas in the branch 11 and the successive dperations of the iespective pistons will maintain this circulation of fuel so that fuel Will he present adjacent each supply ort When the valve (3 is open to admit fue in its cylinder. This circulation will be insured, in a measure, on account of the fact that lcotlr ends intermittent or jerky suction resulting from.

the use of the fan-form of feed conduit in which there is a separate pipe leading to.

each cylinder. It will be observed in the form illustrated, a single conduit is used common to all of the cyl nders and that action of each piston assists in providing gas for the cooperating pistons.

While I prefer to use the form of conduit 10 illustrated in the drawings, and while I believe that the broad bends l4 and 15 are of advantage in reducing the friction of the gas or fuel'passing into the branch 11, I do not desire to be limited to the particular form of conduit shown.

What I claim is In a motor, the combination with a plurality of cylinders, and a source of fuel supply, each said cylinder being provided with a fuel inlet, of a feed conduit having said inlets opening thereinto at points between the ends of the conduit, and communication between said source of supply and each end of said conduit; substantially as described. In testimony whereof, I hereunto aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.-

WOODFORD R. MAOGUYER.

Witnesses:

PATRICK S. V RDoN. PETER A. ROGERS. 

